Wherever I am, the world comes after me.
It offers me its busyness. It does not believe that I do not want it.
Now I understand 
why the old poets of China went so far
and high 
into the mountains, then crept into the pale mist.
"The Old Poets of China" by Mary Oliver

News @ UP Asian Center

  • Yoga and Meditation Day | Asian Center Wellness Program

    The UP Asian Center, sponsored by the Bharati Indian Expat Women's Association Manila, will hosting the "Yoga and Meditation Day"  as part of the Asian Center Wellness Program on 29 May 2025, 10:00 AM, PHT (GMT+8), at the GT-Toyota Asian Center Auditorium, UP Diliman. The event is free and open only to the public. LIMITED SLOTS ONLY!!! Online registration is REQUIRED due to limited slots. 

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  • 2025 Graduate Student Conference | The Philippines in a Multipolar World

    The UP Asian Center will hold the 2025 Graduate Student Conference: The Philippines in a Multipolar World on 31 May 2025 at the GT-Toyota Asian Center Auditorium, UP Asian Center. The event is free and open to the public. Seating is first come, first served. Walk-ins are welcome, but participants are encouraged to register online.

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  • Special Lecture and Exchange with UP Diliman Students | 77th Japan-America Student Conference (JASC)

    The UP Asian Center, in partnership with the Embassy of Japan in the Philippines, will be hosting a "Special Lecture and Exchange with UP Diliman Students with the Participants of the 77th Japan-America Student Conference (JASC) " on 4 June 2025, 8:30 PM - 1:00 PM, PHT (GMT+8), at the Seminar Room, GT-Toyota Asian Center, UP Diliman. The event is free and open to UP Diliman students only. Online registration is REQUIRED due to limited seating. The deadline for registrations is 2 June 2025.

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Themed "Margins and Mobilities in Asia," the latest issue of Asian Studies: Journal of Critical Perspectives on Asia–Volume 57, Issue 2, Year 2021—is now available in the journal's website. 

The UP Asian Center will be hosting a webinar, “The Future of State in the Middle East ” on 27 October 2021, 6:30 PM – 8:00 PM, Philippine Standard Time.

Together with their colleagues across UP’s constituent universities, eight faculty members of the UP Asian Center received UP Diliman Centennial Professorial Chairs and Faculty Grants in recognition of their research and mentoring efforts in 2020.

The UP Asian Center will be hosting a webinar—via Zoom— “A Century of Struggle: Women’s Movements and Rights in Turkey” on 22 October 2021, 7 PM – 9 PM, Philippine Standard Time.

The UP Asian Center in partnership with the Global Korea Scholarship Philippines Alumni Association (GKS-PHAA) will be hosting a webinar, via Zoom, “Afghan Refugees and Multiculturalism in Korea” on 25 October 2021, 9:30 a.m – 12 noon, Philippine Standard Time.